Kiko becomes a hurricane: Hurricane Center watching 3 weather patterns – The arrival of September brings with it the news that a new tropical depression is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center just over 100 miles off the southwest coast of Mexico. Additionally, a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean is moving westward and is showing growing signs of developing into a tropical cyclone. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Kiko, further west off Mexico’s coast, intensified to Hurricane Kiko in the Pacific.
Tropical storm watches possible in Mexico
Among the most pressing issues is Tropical Depression Twelve-E, which developed on September 1 and by the following day was located approximately 190 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The storm has gusts of 35 mph and is projected to become a tropical storm later on Sept. 2. The next name up in rotation for tropical storms in the Pacific is Lorena.
“People in southwestern Mexico and Baja California Sur should keep an eye on how this system is moving,” the hurricane agency warned in an advisory from early September 2. “A Tropical Storm Watch could be required for portions of Baja California Sur later today or on Wednesday.”
A tropical storm watch implies tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours, The storm is predicted to attain wind speeds just below hurricane strength by Sept. 3, according to the center’s official forecast. Before moving inland over the Baja California peninsula on Sept. 5, the storm is predicted to encounter lower sea temperatures and more stable air and see a gradual weakening, wrote a forecast discussion written by Richard Pasch, a senior hurricane specialist at the center. Kiko becomes a hurricane: Hurricane Center watching 3 weather patterns
Heavy rainfall to the east and northeast of the storm may occur in regions of northwestern Mexico, from the states of Colima to Sinaloa, the hurricane center warned, with flash flooding probable, especially in areas with steep terrain. Rain is anticipated to begin arriving throughout Baja California Sur on Wednesday and continue through Friday, bringing 4 to 8 inches of rain, with larger amounts possible in isolated spots.
Could another Atlantic storm form?
The tropical wave in the Atlantic, now south of the Cabo Verde Islands, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, but environmental conditions continue to be favorable for a tropical depression to form later in the week as it moves across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic, the hurricane center said. The next name up for the seventh storm in the Atlantic hurricane region is Gabrielle. Kiko becomes a hurricane: Hurricane Center watching 3 weather patterns
What else is in the Pacific?
Kiko, about 1,840 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, was projected to grow and become a hurricane with peak gusts as high as 110 mph. The hurricane center found no indication of a threat to land. Kiko becomes a hurricane: Hurricane Center watching 3 weather patterns
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